New Member Shares is a place to hear from OA members in their own words. These short stories and reflections—featured from LifeLine—share what it was like to arrive, what helped in the beginning, and how recovery can grow one simple day at a time. If you’re new, you’re not alone here: take what you relate to, leave the rest, and let these voices remind you that a beginning is enough.
- I’d Always Had an Abnormal Relationship with Food. When I Started Searching for Help, Overeaters Anonymous Saved My Life.
- Freedom Ride: Abstinence from Binge Eating on the Drive Home from Work
- My Compulsive Physical Hunger Was Impersonating a Spiritual Hunger
- Somehow in All the Mess, OA Made Its Way Back to Me
- I Was So Overwhelmed by Binge Eating that I Even Lost My Job. But One Day, Abstinence Came
- I Was Binge Eating Large Pizzas, Pints of Ice Cream, and Boxes of Cookies Until I Found Remarkable Recovery Through Overeaters Anonymous